Development and validation of the Nursing Journal Club Perception Scale (NJCPS).

BACKGROUND: The Journal Club is an excellent platform for participants to engage in the critical evaluation of articles and the extraction of evidence to support evidence-based nursing practices. The study aims to develop and validate a reliable instrument, the Nursing Journal club perception scale (NJCPS), for assessing the perceived educational value and the perception of virtual journal club experiences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current study is a scale development and validation study. The scale-level content validity indices (S-CVI) and item-level content validity indices (I-CVI) were assessed by eight experts. Eleven experts from various nursing fields evaluated the instrument regarding its relevance, clarity, meaningfulness, and completeness. Finally, the scale was introduced to 90 clinical nurses from two facilities to assess the internal consistency during the period of March- April 2022. RESULTS: The content validity of the scale S-CVI/average and S-CVI/UA was 0.97 and 0.86, respectively, which indicates adequate relevance of the questionnaire content. Principal component analysis indicated that the construct validity of the perceived educational value and the perception of the virtual journal club domain was 67.8% and 66.5%, respectively. In the two domains of the perception of educational value (supporting clinical practice and supporting research), Cronbach's Alpha was 0.93 and 0.91, respectively. Similarly, for the two domains of virtual JC (learning experience and benefits of virtual journal club)), Cronbach' Alpha was 0.95 and 0.74, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The NJCPS tool is a valid and reliable scale to measure the educational value and virtual journal club experience of the participants from various fields of healthcare.

Nurses' self-esteem, self-compassion and psychological resilience during COVID-19 pandemic.

AIM: This study aimed to identify self-esteem, self-compassion and psychological resilience among staff nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional survey design. METHODS: The study was conducted on January 2022 (during the third wave in Qatar). Anonymous data were collected through an online survey using Microsoft forms from 300 nurses in 14 health facilities in Qatar. Socio-demographic information, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form were used to collect the data. Correlation, t-test and ANOVA analyses were conducted. RESULTS: Participants expressed a high level of resilience, self-esteem and self-compassion. Resilience scores were positively and significantly correlated with self-esteem and self-compassion. The education level of nurses was a statistically significant contributing factor to self-esteem and resilience.